Anne-Claire Pittman \u201918 has been asking tough questions since her first days at Furman.<\/p>\n
In her pursuit of answers, she tapped into countless university resources, using everything she gathered to shape her career plans and then execute them with an exceptional level of success.<\/p>\n
When Pittman joined Furman\u2019s student-led investment club, of which she\u2019s now co-president, other members had advice: She should meet the school\u2019s investment officers. Pittman walked into their office and asked for help.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything we threw at her, from that first meeting until today, ends up written down and in spiral notebooks,\u201d said Kris Kapoor, Furman\u2019s chief investment officer.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, that\u2019s true,\u201d Pittman said, smiling. \u201cBeing curious about what you learn is super important.\u201d From her endless notes, she created long lists of questions, then found the faculty and staff and upperclassmen who could answer them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey won\u2019t give you the answer,\u201d Pittman said. \u201cBut they\u2019ll guide you toward something.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other answers came through internships. Instead of waiting for opportunities to find her, Pittman made a list of companies that interested her and pursued them.<\/p>\n
An accounting internship helped her know that wasn\u2019t the specialty she wanted to pursue. Her semester working with Kapoor and senior investment officer Rob Kenney confirmed that she loved both the research and client aspects of investing.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the way she\u2019s gone about it that stood out to me,\u201d Kapoor said. \u201cHer mindset to embrace what this place is about, the taking advantage of what resources are here for them, was textbook.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pittman\u2019s goal was to have a job by February of her senior year. She beat that by two months when she accepted a position in December as an investment analyst with LCG Associates in Atlanta, her hometown. She\u2019ll start with them this summer. And she\u2019ll still be calling Kapoor and Kenney with her questions.<\/p>\n
\u201cI owe a lot of my success to the two of them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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